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Scandals In Atlanta Public Schools
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution analyzed of the 2008 standardized test scores in the Atlanta Public School System and laid the foundation for coverage of what is considered the largest case of academic fraud in the nation's history.
Tags: No Child Left Behind; Atlanta Public Schools; Cheating; Test Fraud; Academic Fraud
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Hoover High School Investigation
These stories revealed "academic, financial and moral impropriety related to the Hoover High School football program." Hoover High School has a nationally ranked football program. However, this investigation exposed grade changes and preferential academic treatment for players.
Tags: high school athletics; football; coaches; education; cheating; students
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Primetime Thursday -- Caught Cheating
This Primetime investigation examined highschools and colleges across the United States, and found that cheating is all too common. Reporters talked with students who cheat and administrators who have to dole out the punishment. The investigation exposed new, high tech methods of cheating such as text messaging or hand-held internet devices. On the other hand, it also exposed new high-tech methods of catching cheaters, such as a website that scans documents for plagiarism. The investigators talked with students and parents to offer possible reasons for this trend.
Tags: high school; secondary school; college; university; testing; exams; finals; academic honesty; ethics; professors
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Wal-Mart Heiress; Term Papers
ABC News 20/20 investigates academic cheating and plagiarism in colleges across the campus. The story also focuses on one of the most famous cases in which, Paige Laurie, the great-granddaughter of a Wal-Mart co-founder, paid her former roommate to do all of her papers and assignments while attending the University of Southern California. Reporters also look at why and how students cheat, from text messaging test answers to one another, to Internet "paper mills" which provide students with papers for a fee.
Tags: academic cheating; Internet; "paper mills; " plagiarism; Edith Martinez; Paige Laurie; turnitin.com
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Plagiarism
"In this special report, the Chronicle examined academic plagiarism -- not the kind that procrastinating lazy students engage in late at night, but the kind that professionals who know better attempt in order to further their careers. We found several professors who were guilty of plagiarizing others, one of whom had built a career on it."
Tags: college; university; academia; cheating
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On my Honor...
When word of a cheating scandal leaked out from the University of Virginia, it shook the very basis on which the institution stood. The honor code, one of the pillars of the University's ethics, had been crushed. And what's more, it wasn't even done by a handful of students. In one class alone, 158 papers turned in were all plagiarized, mostly from the works of previous students. This story investigates how the honor system has changed, and if it even still exists.
Tags: University; Virginia; Academics; cheating
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Top Secret. True or False: With students' academic futures, educators' careers, funding for schools, and efforts to increase accountability in public education on the line, guarding the security of state tests has become more important than ever.
This article includes a detailed, step-by-step explanation of how standardized tests are administered to ensure security. The author traces how the sensitive exams are handled from the moment they arrive at a school, until they are sent back to a testing service for evaluation. Over the years, increased precautions have been taken after more and more incidents of cheating have been reported.
Tags: education; standardized tests; cheating; ACT; SAT; testing; teachers; schools; middle schools; elementary schools; high schools; assessment
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The Big Cheat
Chicago Magazine reports that "Steinmetz High School's surprise victory in last spring's academic decathlon seemed to be a Horatio Alger tale that all Chicago could celebrate. But it turned into a troubling story of ambition, resentment, and deceit - all under the wing of an exceptionally popular, manipulative teacher.."
Tags: cover-up scandal groupthink intellectual gang testing competitions